Essays

In Addition to Itching, Broadleaf Plantain Balm Also Helps Relieve My Uselessness as a Wife and Mother

            I put the book down that I had been reading aloud about a pioneer woman who had saved her dying child.  My son was studying pioneer times and we were reading a historical novel about a...

Christ Came to Visit Me Twice Last Week

            Christ came to visit me twice last week. The first time he stopped by my house in the form of a door-to-door salesman.  It had rained all day so the weather was very cool and refreshing...

Embracing Dingy Socks and the Wider Lesson They Teach

            At the doctor’s office, I was told to undress and get into a gown by the nurse.  As I started to untie my shoes, the nurse said, “Cool shoes!” as she gathered her things to leave....

Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday Are a Perfect Couple

Valentine’s Day is on Ash Wednesday this year.  At first thought, they seem like an unlikely pairing.  Valentine’s Day is a day reminiscent of romance and love.  It’s filled with roses, chocolates, lavish dinners, teddy...
I Am an Extrovert When I Am Running

I Am an Extrovert When I Am Running

            I always run from social situations and so I found it odd that I am so social while running. As I waved and yelled out “Good Morning” to the neighbor lady across the street whom I run past while...

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Memento Mori

Memento Mori

            “She would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life. “ – the Misfit from “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor In Flanner O’Connor’s...

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Jesus the Master Electrician

Jesus the Master Electrician

            Dr. Tim Gray of the Augustine Institute referred to the Ascension of Our Lord as “completing the circuit.”  I thought it an excellent metaphor and it set me to thinking it through...

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A Cold, Dead Heart and a Cold-Blooded Icon

A Cold, Dead Heart and a Cold-Blooded Icon

I am not an emotional person.  In fact, I think I am best described as having a cold, dead heart.  A heart of stone would also be apt.  I have always been this way.  I can’t remember a time when it was not difficult for me to...

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